American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. Hear[H8085] ye the word[H1697] which Jehovah[H3068] speaketh[H1696] unto you[H1004], O house of Israel[H3478]:

2. thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Learn[H3925] not the way[H1870] of the nations[H1471], and be not dismayed[H2865] at the signs[H226] of heaven[H8064]; for the nations[H1471] are dismayed[H2865] at them[H1992].

3. For the customs[H2708] of the peoples[H5971] are vanity[H1892]; for one cutteth[H3772] a tree[H6086] out of the forest[H3293], the work[H4639] of the hands[H3027] of the workman[H2796] with the axe[H4621].

4. They deck[H3302] it with silver[H3701] and with gold[H2091]; they fasten[H2388] it with nails[H4548] and with hammers[H4717], that it move not[H6328].

5. They are like[H4749] a palm-tree[H8560], of turned work[H1696], and speak not[H5375]: they must needs be borne[H5375], because they cannot go[H6805]. Be not afraid[H3372] of them[H7489]; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good[H3190].

6. There is none like unto thee[H3068], O Jehovah; thou art great[H1419], and thy name[H8034] is great[H1419] in might[H1369].

7. Who should not fear[H3372] thee[H4428], O King of the nations[H1471]? for to thee doth it appertain[H2969]; forasmuch as among all the wise[H2450] men of the nations[H1471], and in all their royal estate[H4438], there is none like unto thee.

8. But they are together[H259] brutish[H1197] and foolish[H3688]: the instruction[H4148] of idols[H6086]! it is but a stock[H6086].

9. There is silver[H3701] beaten into plates[H7554], which is brought[H935] from Tarshish[H8659], and gold[H2091] from Uphaz[H210], the work[H4639] of the artificer[H2796] and of the hands[H3027] of the goldsmith[H6884]; blue[H8504] and purple[H713] for their clothing[H3830]; they are all the work[H4639] of skilful men[H2450].

10. But Jehovah[H3068] is the true[H571] God[H430]; he is the living[H2416] God[H430], and an everlasting[H5769] King[H4428]: at his wrath[H7110] the earth[H776] trembleth[H7493], and the nations[H1471] are not able to abide[H3557] his indignation[H2195].

11. Thus[H1836] shall ye say[H560] unto them[H426], The gods that have not[H3809] made[H5648] the heavens[H8065] and the earth[H778], these shall perish[H7] from the earth[H772], and from under[H8460] the[H429] heavens[H8065].

12. He hath made[H6213] the earth[H776] by his power[H3581], he hath established[H3559] the world[H8398] by his wisdom[H2451], and by his understanding[H2451] hath he stretched out[H5186] the heavens[H8064]:

13. when he uttereth[H5414] his voice[H6963], there is a tumult[H1995] of waters[H4325] in the heavens[H8064], and he causeth the vapors[H5387] to ascend[H5927] from the ends[H7097] of the earth[H776]; he maketh[H6213] lightnings[H1300] for the rain[H4306], and bringeth forth[H3318] the wind[H7307] out of his treasuries[H214].

14. Every man[H120] is become brutish[H1197] and is without knowledge[H1847]; every goldsmith[H6884] is put to shame[H3001] by his graven image[H5262]; for his molten image[H5262] is falsehood[H8267], and there is no breath in them[H7307].

15. They are vanity[H1892], a work[H4639] of delusion[H8595]: in the time[H6256] of their visitation[H6486] they shall perish[H6].

16. The portion[H2506] of Jacob[H3290] is not like these[H3335]; for he is the former of all things[H3478]; and Israel is the tribe[H7626] of his inheritance[H5159]: Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] is his name[H8034].

17. Gather up[H622] thy wares[H3666] out of the land[H776], O thou that abidest[H3427] in the siege[H4692].

18. For thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Behold[H7049], I will sling out the inhabitants[H3427] of the land[H776] at this time[H6471], and will distress[H6887] them[H4672], that they may feel it.

19. Woe[H188] is me because of my hurt[H7667]! my wound[H4347] is grievous[H2470]: but I said[H559], Truly[H389] this is my grief[H2483], and I must bear it[H5375].

20. My tent[H168] is destroyed[H7703], and all my cords[H4340] are broken[H5423]: my children[H1121] are gone forth[H3318] from me[H5186], and they are not: there is none to spread my tent[H168] any more[H6965], and to set up my curtains[H3407].

21. For the shepherds[H7462] are become brutish[H1197], and have not inquired[H1875] of Jehovah[H3068]: therefore they have not prospered[H7919], and all their flocks[H4830] are scattered[H6327].

22. The voice[H6963] of tidings[H8052], behold[H935], it cometh, and a great[H1419] commotion[H7494] out of the north[H6828] country[H776], to make[H7760] the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063] a desolation[H8077], a dwelling-place[H4583] of jackals[H8577].

23. O Jehovah[H3068], I know[H3045] that the way[H1870] of man[H120] is not in himself[H376]: it is not in man that walketh[H1980] to direct[H3559] his steps[H6806].

24. O Jehovah[H3068], correct[H3256] me[H4941], but in measure: not in thine anger[H639], lest thou bring me to nothing[H4591].

25. Pour out[H8210] thy wrath[H2534] upon the nations[H1471] that know[H3045] thee not[H4940], and upon the families that call[H7121] not on thy name[H8034]: for they have devoured[H398] Jacob[H3290], yea[H398], they have devoured him and consumed[H3615] him[H8074], and have laid waste his habitation[H5116].